Unusual varieties of ornamental cabbage
If you want to decorate the site with a beautiful plant, pay attention to ornamental cabbage. There are many varieties that differ in the color and shape of the leaves. Ornamental cabbage will decorate the cottage even in winter. Consider a description of the most common varieties.
Unusual varieties of ornamental cabbage
Bohemia
Bohemia is a small plant that can be grown both outdoors and in an appropriately sized pot. The height of the bush does not exceed 0.4 m, and its diameter varies from 35 to 55 cm. The color of the leaves attracts attention. The inner leaf plates are red-violet in color. The outer leaves have the usual green color for the garden culture. Often a grayish bloom is present on the outer leaves. The edge of the leaves is wavy.
The inner leaves of the head are collected in a bunch and slightly bent inward. The outer leaves are semi-spreading and formed outward. Accordingly, the head of cabbage looks like a bizarre flower with a reddish-purple core and green petals.
All leaf plates are edible. The vegetable is used by them to decorate various dishes.
Serenade
Ornamental cabbage Serenade has an unusual shape and is used to create flower arrangements. The edges of its leaves are unusually wavy. All leaf plates are slightly bent inward. In general, the shape of the head of cabbage resembles a slightly flattened ball. In the garden, the plant, whose height is 0.2 m, does not take up much space. The outer leaves are colored deep green. The inner leaf plates can be white, pink or purple. The leaves acquire the brightest color after the onset of the first winter frosts.
This variety of ornamental cabbage is not resistant to black leg. Therefore, it is recommended to grow it in seedlings. Do not overfill young plants. When planting seedlings in the ground, keep in mind that serenade loves light.
This hybrid is not used in cooking. It is prized solely for its decorative qualities.
Kamome Pink
A hybrid with the unusual name Kamome Pink will decorate the most exquisite garden. Internal rosette of the plant, 20-25 cm high, pale pink. The middle ball of the leaf blades has a light purple hue, and the outer leaves are a rich green color. But the hybrid acquires this color after the air temperature drops below 15-18 °. Accordingly, the plant becomes the most beautiful with the onset of late autumn. The diameter of the dense rosette is 0.4 m. The edges of the corrugated sheet plates point outward. From a distance, the heads of Kamome Pink ornamental cabbage are difficult to distinguish from real flowers.
Use the plant to decorate gardens. As a rule, bushes are placed along the curbs. They are also great for container growing. Kamome Pink is a moisture-loving hybrid that needs a lot of nutrients.Therefore, vegetable crops need to be fertilized periodically.
Autumn Potpourri
Cabbage is not difficult to care for
From the name of the variety Autumn Potpourri, one can guess that these plants are of various colors. Leaves strongly corrugated along the edges form a rosette in the form of a slightly flattened ball. Low plants (20-25 cm) with a rather loose rosette are 30-35 cm in diameter.
The outer leaves can be herb green or dark green. But the color of the inner leaf plates is much more varied. There are specimens with white, pale pink, raspberry, cream or purple color. Sometimes the wavy edges of the leaf plates are painted in a noble mother-of-pearl. The plant is not resistant to black leg. Watering is carried out as the soil dries out.
When decorating a garden, as a rule, several bushes of ornamental cabbage Autumn Potpourri are planted at the same time.
Nimble Turtle
In appearance, the Shustraya Turtle variety differs from all of the above. It has a conical shape, and small inflorescences, painted in light green color, form miniature domes. Dark green narrow leaf plates are located around the rosette of an unusual shape.
Use the Nimble Turtle to decorate gardens. Using this plant, it is convenient to create geometric shapes or ornaments. A feature of this variety is its resistance to severe frosts. But this temperature is destructive for young plants. The permissible minimum for immature ornamental bushes is -40.
Sunset F1
Sunset F1 can even compete with roses. The hybrid has a pronounced trunk that looks like the trunk of a miniature tree. The leaves form 2 balls, the first of which is colored dark green and the second bright pink, cream, crimson or purple. The wavy edges of the sheet plates of the inner sphere are slightly bent inward, while the edges of the outer ones are smoother and look outward. Some of the leaves at the junction of these balls are partly green and partly the color of the inner rosette. The green leaves resemble velvet in appearance. The head of cabbage formed in this way looks like an enlarged copy of a rose.
This variety can be used both for landscape design and for creating bouquets. Such a bouquet will delight at least 25-30 days.
Hybrids Sunrise and Heron have a similar appearance.
Peacock Tail
The Peacock Tail Hybrid is a novelty that many landscape designers have already enjoyed. The leaf plates resemble lace. The rosette is formed from the inner and outer layers of sheet plates, which are painted in different colors. Most often, there are specimens whose outer leaf plates are painted in a grassy green color, and the inner ones are creamy. Another popular combination is purple with deep purple. In this case, the inner socket is colored magenta. The bushes grow up to 0.3 m in height, the diameter of the rosette is 0.4 m.
In general, few people attribute the bush to varieties of cabbage. It is used exclusively in landscaping. You can plant the Peacock Tail in groups, or you can combine this hybrid with other varieties of ornamental cabbage.
Lady Lacemaker F1
Hybrid Lady Lacemaker F1 is a bit like Peacock Tail. The leaf plates have ragged edges, which is why they look like lace. The socket is loose. But, due to its structure, the head of cabbage looks lush and voluminous. The leaf plates that adjoin the ground are light green with a clear waxy coating. The leaf plates located in the middle of the rosette are colored milky white or light purple.
This hybrid looks impressive. Therefore, it can be used both to create various compositions, and independently. Bushes planted by a group look less impressive. The Lady Lacemaker is not used in cooking.
Winter Tale
Plants will delight your eyes
Ornamental cabbage Winter's Tale is another type of vegetable crop with lace leaves. The hybrid has a pronounced core, colored crimson or light yellow. The leaf plates of the lower tier can be colored brown or green. From a distance, the heads of cabbage resemble large chrysanthemums. Plant height can reach 0.5 m. The rosette diameter is 30-35 cm.
Hybrid Winter's Tale is frost-resistant. It can be left in the garden until December. The openwork leaf plates sprinkled with snow really look fabulous. A pack usually contains a mixture of seeds that give bushes of different colors.
Hare cabbage
Hare cabbage is a vegetable culture unlike anything else. It grows in the form of a bush, consisting of several stems, on which small light green leaves are densely located. The height of the bush varies from 50 to 60 cm. During flowering, inflorescences are formed, consisting of miniature lilac flowers. Hare cabbage is a perennial crop. Its root system is represented by tubers, which do not need to be dug out for the winter. They tolerate frost well.
Hare cabbage is used both in landscape design and in folk medicine. With the help of the juice obtained from the aerial part of the bush, you can accelerate the healing of wounds and burns.
Purple Dove
Considering the varieties of ornamental cabbage, it is impossible to ignore the Purple Dove hybrid. The upright corrugated-edged sheets are magenta colored. The height of the bush does not exceed 40 cm, and the diameter of the rosette is about 40 cm. There is free space between the leaf plates, which makes the ornamental culture as similar to flowers as possible. The leaves acquire a rich color at the end of August. The bushes retain their decorative qualities until the winter frosts.
Large purple leaf plates containing a large amount of selenium can be used to decorate various dishes.
Crane Feather King
Ornamental cabbage Crane Feather King is actively used by florists when creating bouquets. The plant forms a rather thick stem, on which openwork leaves tightly adjacent to each other are located. The upper leaf plates are purple, and the lower ones are green. At the same time, the veins on the lower leaf plates are also purple. There is also a combination of green with milk. Crane Feather King is a tall hybrid. The height of some bushes reaches 0.9 m. This is perhaps the tallest ornamental cabbage.
If you put a cut plant in water, then it can stand for more than 1 month.
Osaka Red
The variety tolerates frost well
Osaka Red ornamental cabbage is the fruit of the work of breeders in Japan. This annual plant has a height of 60-70 cm and a rosette diameter of 20-30 cm. Wide leaf plates form a dense two-color rosette. The combination of colors is very different. Of the most popular, it is worth noting crimson with marsh, pink with light green, purple with dark green, crimson with dark purple. The inner part of the outlet is painted in brighter colors, and the outer, accordingly, in darker colors.
Osaka Red is resistant to low temperatures. The bushes can withstand severe frosts. Accordingly, the plant can become a decoration for a winter garden.
Kai and Gerda F1
The hybrid Kai and Gerda F1 got its name because of its frost resistance. She, like Kamome Pink, can withstand low temperatures. On the stems, and several of them are formed, strongly corrugated leaf plates are located, painted in a marsh green or purple. The bush does not form a rosette, which distinguishes this hybrid from all other varieties.
Kai and Gerda F1 is used in the preparation and decoration of various dishes. Also, the hybrid is an excellent garden decoration.
Northern Rose
Northern Rose is another unusual hybrid that has the shape of an oblong ball. The top of this ball is painted in a pale pink color, 7-10 leaf plates adjacent to the top - in cream, the rest - in a gray-green color. Plant height reaches 70 cm.
Ornamental cabbage of this type is used by landscape designers. They look equally good for both group and single landings.
Reflex F1
Reflex F1 is a frost-resistant hybrid of Dutch breeding, which is appreciated not only for its decorative qualities, but also for its taste. Oblong, highly corrugated, erect leaves do not form a rosette. The plant reaches a height of 0.8 m.
Green leaf plates are extremely rich in trace elements and vitamins. Sometimes there is bitterness in them, which can be removed by freezing.
Kale cabbage, which is widely used in cooking, looks similar.
Nagoya F1
Fringed cabbage Nagoya (Nagoya) F1, whose height varies from 10 to 20 cm, has decorative value. She has a dense rosette, consisting of two-color sheet plates (bicolor). Inner leaf plates can be painted in bright yellow, rich crimson or burgundy, purple. The outer leaf plates are always colored deep green. If we compare Nagoya with the similar varieties described above, then it is worth noting that she has most of the sheet plates making up an internal socket. A small amount of leaves corrugated along the edges is colored green.
A princess
Ornamental Cabbage Princess has an unusual appearance of leaves that grow almost horizontally. The center of the sheet plates is even, and the edges are strongly corrugated and curved upward. The formed heads of cabbage resemble water lilies in their shape. The center of the sheet plates can be painted red, yellow or lilac, and the corrugated edges can be green. A small amount of the lower leaves are colored light green.
A hybrid is used, which reaches a height of 35 cm, for decorative purposes and to decorate culinary dishes.
Other varieties
We have considered the most popular varieties of ornamental cabbage. Also noteworthy are the hybrids of the Tokyo series, which outwardly are very similar to the variety of ornamental cabbage Serenade and Autumn Potpourri. The same applies to varieties Mosaic, Russian Circle. It is recommended to purchase varieties of the following domestic companies:
- Aelita;
- Gavrish;
- Russian vegetable garden.
Of the foreign manufacturers, one should pay attention to the Sakata company, which has established itself well in the domestic market.